The head of the state dental board says it could be weeks before the issue of whether to press formal charges against a Tulsa oral surgeon accused of exposing 7,000 patients to hepatitis and HIV is decided.

Susan Rogers, executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry, says she and her staff are reviewing hundreds of patient files.

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"We have not filed charges on anyone," said Rogers. "We are a ways off."

Rogers said there is no guarantee that charges will be filed against Dr. Scott Harrington, who was an oral surgeon in Tulsa.

“We have not made any determinations," she added. "We are still gathering up facts and evidence. We’re still continuing to get new people that call us about situations that they had with Dr. Harrington. “

KOCO Eyewitness News 5 has discovered two lawsuits against Harrington that were filed on behalf of two patients.

In one of those lawsuits, Tulsa resident Pam Dickey claimed that in 1993 Harrington was supposed to pull five of her teeth, but instead, he pulled six.

"A sixth tooth was extracted surgically by the defendant, Dr. Scott Harrington, a procedure to which she did not consent to," wrote the attorney who was representing Harrington's patient.

The patient claimed she suffered physical pain, bodily injury, permanent oral and facial structure damages," according to the lawsuit.